Teenage girls were victims of human sacrifice ritual in Turkey 5,000 years ago
This region of Turkey was once part of ancient Mesopotamia. Several stone tombs were discovered a few years back, and the ...
A Bronze Age Mystery: A Cemetery Full of 'Princes', But No Palaces Nearby
Perched on the edge of a river near the city of Siirt, Türkiye, is an archaeological site that offers a chance to completely ...
A Bronze Age Mystery: A Cemetery Full of 'Princes', But No Palaces
Perched on the edge of a river near the city of Siirt, Türkiye, is an archaeological site that offers a chance to completely ...
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Signs of Human Sacrifices in Bronze Age Tomb Found in Turkey Puzzles Scientists
DNA study of Bronze Age tombs in Turkey reveals teenage human sacrifices, challenging ideas about early Mesopotamian society.
Ritualistic burials of teenagers — 5,000 years old — found in Turkey. Who were they?
Başur Höyük is a site from the early Bronze Age located in Siirt, Turkey, that dates to the late fourth and early third ...
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Human Sacrifices of Teenagers in a Site in Türkiye Reveal the Origins of Inequality in the Bronze Age
At the threshold of written history, when the first civilizations began to consolidate in Mesopotamia and Anatolia, the world ...
Archaeologists perplexed to find Bronze Age burial of ritually sacrificed teens
The teenagers’ skeletons were unearthed at the cemetery of Basur Höyük where researchers previously uncovered evidence of “grand funerary rituals” and the burial of “spectacular” quantities of ...
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Researchers Find First Evidence of Wine in Ancient Troy
Researchers have found chemical evidence of wine consumption in ancient Troy, confirming a theory by Heinrich Schliemann.
Uncorking The Past: New Analysis Of Troy Findings Rewrites The Story Of Wine In The Early Bronze Age
Wine drinking in ancient Troy was not restricted to the upper classes, as has long been supposed – something our new research ...
Human sacrifices found in a Bronze Age tomb in Turkey were mostly teenage girls
Archaeologists are unsure why unrelated teenagers were buried in an elaborate Bronze Age tomb but think their age may be a ...
Even the common people drank wine in Troy
For the first time ever, a team of researchers has found chemical evidence that wine was actually drunk in Troy, verifying a ...
Digital cuneiforms: Updated tool expands access to ancient Hittite texts
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Boğazköy-Hattuša is located in the north of Turkey. It was once the capital of the Hittite ...